•The tech-oriented job network for
both companies and employees, Hired, just released its “2017 State of Global
Tech Salaries,” and its findings prove promising for our metro area. Trailing
only Austin, Denver ranks as a software engineer’s “number two” most appealing
city in which to live.

•Analysis included data based on
actual job offers but went beyond strictly compensation; it included factors
like recruiting (locally versus out-of-area), types of roles and diversity of
company sizes. A Denver-based software engineer’s salary shrank 2.6 percent
since the year prior, to $112,000, marking the fourth-lowest of the 10 regions
Hired studied. However, when adjusting for cost of living, a Denver paycheck
goes considerably further. Using a cost of living compared to San Francisco
calculator, the northern Front Range region pays its workers closer to $180,000
annually—trailing only Austin.